Mongrel Meat

A fly made for carnivores

Mongrel Meat : mongrellus truttaconsuma

To be honest, I have a list of names that I keep near my desk in the event that something comes off the vise that is worthy. This fly flew off the vise one night, and it definitely fit the name. Off to the streamer river for testing. I was fishing a stretch of river that isn't totally loaded with fish, but the fish that are there are a bit bigger than average - a perfect testing ground for this morsel of bait. I won't go into details, but the fish came from far and wide to eat this fly.

This mongrel ate the meat

UPDATE...

OK, so I will go into details.

Uneducated Mongrels eat!

I knew that I wanted to have something in my arsenal that was a little bit less flashy than the Cheech Leech, but a little bit more bulky. The Mongrel Meat has gone on some great trips so far, and I have found two types of water where it excels - flat froggy water, and gin clear water. My theory is that the fish can already see stuff moving through the water in these water types, so something as flashy as the Cheech Leech might not be needed attract attention. For super clear water the mongrel shows up loud and clear, and for froggy slow water, it pushes more water than a more slim presentation. At any rate, the Mongrel has done some SERIOUS work for me in the last couple of months, so take some time to check out the video so you can tie some of your own. You can now find some of the materials for this fly at our new store. store.flyfishfood.com. I have made hyperlinks below to the exact materials that I used.

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I went fishing with Cheech. We were told there were 12 to 18 inch fussy Cuts to be had on hoppers. As we hit the creek the rain began under a heavy overcast sky. The surface of the water is a mess. Looks like hoppers are not going to work but I tied one on anyway. Not two or three minutes later I hear a holler from Cheech. "Oh my gosh, this is a big fish." I helped him net it and noticed the glob in its mouth. "What on earth is that?" I asked. "Mongrel Meat," came the straight-faced reply. "Well named," says I. "That's got to be the ugliest fly I have ever seen." Ugly or not, it caught a bunch of large cuts. We never did see anything under 15 inches. Guess I need to add "Mongrel Meat" to my fly book.

HI Cheech, just looking back on this. I have a bunch of B10s hooks (size 1,2,4) and Allen 402's (size 4) and some Mustads (size 6 similar to the Allen 402. How would you swap in these hooks to use for this pattern effectively?